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University of the West Indies pioneers new treatment for hypertension and hyperglycemia
A team from the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) has won Innovation Awards for 2012 for its pioneering treatment for high blood sugar and high blood pressure.
The “Novel Treatment Against Hyperglycemia and Hypertension” was adjudged as likely to be the most significant in its effect on the scientific and technological world and topped a field of 177 entrants in the awards competition developed by the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining.
The team used the eucalyptus plant in their experiment and found that extracts were doing better than some popular drugs now in use to lower hypertension and blood sugar. The team is at present in the process of patenting the drug and looking forward to have it produced as a supplement to be taken orally.